The AtlanticIn 1996, Peter Childers and his wife, Victoria, started to build a new home on the two-acre lot they'd purchased in Orange County, North Carolina, the affluent jurisdiction that includes the University of North Carolina's flagship Chapel Hill campus.
Or rather, they thought it was Orange County. That's what it said on the building permit they received, and where they would be paying their property taxes.READ MORE

GPS World The United States Naval Observatory conducted several independent frequency synchronization experiments in Washington, D.C., using an alternative PNT technology in multiple network configurations. The results suggest that sub-nanosecond time transfer using this technology may be possible over wide urban areas, and that it could thus serve as a GPS augmentation or back-up solution over wide areas for critical applications that depend on precise time. READ MORE

Sensors & Systems Geospatial technologies have long been a critical input into built infrastructure design, construction and maintenance. While the tools to design (CAD and BIM) are still decidedly different than the software to map and manage assets (GIS), there are many inroads being made for more seamless data and workflow sharing and their functionalities complement one another well. READ MORE

CoreLogicAs a GIS professional, you understand that robust and quality data is at the heart of every business decision including land-use planning, mineral exploration, tax compliance, transportation, as well as infrastructure development and management. However, collecting data from various local government and other resources can be expensive, time-consuming and error-prone. Sadly identifying a single and trusted provider of quality data is not always easy. Until now.READ MORE

Directions Magazine What would you call a large group of cartographers who gather together? A mass of mapmakers? A mountain of mappers? In late August 2015, it happened again, the official biannual meeting of the International Cartographic Association took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This 27th International Cartographic Conference attracted over 700 people from dozens of different countries who gathered for four days of presentations, poster exhibits and professional networking. READ MORE

GIS UserNowadays, people are asking eagerly for Open Data and Open Government in order to gain access to unmediated facts and knowledge. Open data is, in fact, not a new idea.
It is a way to share raw data with the public and put no limitations on its application. Open Government is a similar concept, encouraging the wide dissemination of government information. Integrating different kinds of Open Data often generates greater value. READ MORE

Smart Grid NewsSmall, distributed solar PV systems, along with other types of modular distributed energy systems, are opening new possibilities for homeowners to manage their energy use and sell excess energy, distributed on-site, back onto the grid. Several related but distinct developments are hastening the fragmentation of centralized power grids.
Nanogrids are modular building blocks for energy services that support applications ranging from emergency power for commercial buildings to the provision of basic electricity services for people living in extreme poverty. READ MORE

Inside GNSS This article introduces a low complexity mechanism for generating radiation pattern nulls and beams without requiring any additional hardware or signal processing blocks beyond those already inherent to GPS receiver systems. It describes the mathematical model that underlies this mechanism, including simulation results, as well as two applications: single-antenna jam mitigation and single-antenna spoof detection. READ MORE

The American SurveyorSupergeo's biggest application customer in Taiwan, Ministry of the Interior and the TGOS platform, has just announced one of the biggest projects in the GIS field from ide@ Taiwan 2020 Policy: White Paper which focuses on the integration of internal geographic information data with smart cities and smart rural areas. The current project works to initiate the creation of a nationwide common base-map and the global standardization of GIS industries.
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